Sports

Tunisia Friendlies: Musa, Ekong make list (see full list)

Ihesiulo Grace 21 September 2020 0

Super Eagles’ Technical Adviser, Gernot Rohr has called up 25 players ahead of next month’s friendly matches against the Elephants of Cote d’Ivoire and the Carthage Eagles of Tunisia, scheduled to take place in Austria.  READ ALSO: Luis Suarez ready for Atletico Madrid move Recall that

News

Tunisia reports 4 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, 922 in total

Ihesiulo Grace 25 April 2020 0

The Tunisian Ministry of Health reported on Friday night 4 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of the infected to 922 in the country. “Following a total of 438 lab tests, 34 cases tested positive, of which four were new cases and 30 were previously confirmed cases who were still infected with […]

Sports

Tunisia finally suspends football activities

Ihesiulo Grace 19 March 2020 0

Tunisia has finally suspended football activities indefinitely amid the outbreak of coronavirus. With the Covid-19 outbreak, many countries have suspended or cancelled their football activities but Tunisia had held on and played their last round of matches over the weekend. They have registered 24 positive cases. READ ALSO: Turkish side Trabzonspor terminates John Obi

World

Tunisian parliament rejects gov’t of Habib Jemli

Ihesiulo Grace 11 January 2020 0

 Tunisian parliament on Friday rejected the government of Tunisia’s prime minister-designate Habib Jemli. Jemli announced earlier in January the formation of a cabinet of independent technocrats, more than a month after he was picked to head a government focused on reviving the economy. Update: Ukraine airline chief says he never believed airline caused Iran crash […]

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Tunisia swears in Kais Saied as new president

Ihesiulo Grace 23 October 2019 0

Kais Saied has been sworn in as Tunisia’s new president.  The 61-year-old law professor has no prior political experience, never held office and barely ran a campaign. READ ALSO Seven days and counting: Lebanon’s protesters keep up pressure Saied sealed a resounding victory in a runoff election on October 13, largely buoyed by a groundswell of support from young […]

Football Sports

Odion Ighalo speeds up programme for recovery from injury

Ihesiulo Grace 14 August 2019 0

Former Super Eagles forward Odion Ighalo continued his recovery from a hamstring injury with a session in the gym on Tuesday. Ighalo, 30, picked up the injury in the Super Eagles’ AFCON 2019 Third-Place match against the Carthage Eagles of Tunisia in Cairo. The striker posted a short video of himself on Twitter doing a […]

Sports

Esperance declared 2018/2019 CAF Champions League winners

Ihesiulo Grace 9 August 2019 0

Tunisian club Esperance were declared the 2018/2019 African Champions League winners on Wednesday in Cairo, Egypt. This was after the disciplinary committee of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) found opponents Wydad Casablanca guilty of abandoning the second leg game of the final round in May. This reverses an earlier decision by the CAF executive […]

Sports

Amapakabo invites 35 players to camp for Sudan game

Ihesiulo Grace 9 August 2019 0

Super Eagles Assistant Coach, Imama Amapakabo, has invited 35 players to camp for Nigeria’s games against Sudan slated for September in the qualifiers for the 2019 AFCON Under-23 Championship. The Olympic Eagles are away to Khartoum for the first leg of the fixture on Sept. 6, before hosting the Sudanese at the Stephen Keshi Stadium […]

Football Sports

AFCON: Super Eagles looking to finish on a high – Alex Iwobi

Ihesiulo Grace 17 July 2019 0

Nigerian playmaker Alex Iwobi is in a bullish mood ahead of their Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) third-place match against Tunisia at Al-Salam Stadium on Wednesday. The Super Eagles lost to a last-gasp free-kick from Riyad Mahrez last Sunday to end their hopes of taking home the continental diadem. The Arsenal forward believes the game […]

Football Sports

AFCON: Super Eagles feel motivated to beat Tunisia – Gernot Rohr

Ihesiulo Grace 17 July 2019 0

Super Eagles head coach Gernot Rohr says his team have strong desire to beat Tunisia in their AFCON 2019 Third-Place match at the Al Salam Stadium Stadium, Cairo on Wednesday after last Sunday’s disappointing semi-final defeat to Algeria. Rohr’s charges went down to an agonising 2-1 loss to the Desert Foxes of Algeria with Riyad […]

Football Sports

AFCON: Emmanuel Okala, others say Super Eagles need prayers to beat Tunisia in third-place match

Ihesiulo Grace 17 July 2019 0

Emmanuel Okala, a former Green Eagles goalkeeper, on Tuesday in Enugu asked for prayers from Nigerians for the Super Eagles to beat Tunisia on Wednesday in Cairo. Newsmen report that the Super Eagles will face the Carthage Eagles in the third-place match of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Egypt. Okala, who helped […]

Football Sports

AFCON: Nigeria had superior possession against the best team Algeria – Gernot Rohr

Ihesiulo Grace 17 July 2019 0

Nigeria coach Gernot Rohr insists there is “no shame” in losing to a tough Algerian side in the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) semi-final on Sunday. Odion Ighalo’s penalty cancelled out William Troost-Ekong’s own goal, with the two heavyweights locked at 1-1 after 90 minutes. The game was then won when Riyad Mahrez curled home […]

Football Sports

AFCON: Garba Lawal blames Super Eagles loss to Desert Foxes on poor tactics

Ihesiulo Grace 16 July 2019 0

As more Nigerians react to the Super Eagles loss to the Desert Foxes of Algeria in Sunday’s semi-final, ex-international Garba Lawal has attributed it to poor tactics by the players. Lawal told newsmen in Kaduna on Monday that though the loss was painful, but the Algerians were better than the Super Eagles. “The Algerians were […]

Football Sports

Afcon: Amaju Pinnick, Shehu Dikko, Mohammed Sanusi pump up Super Eagles’ spirit

Ihesiulo Grace 16 July 2019 0

President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Mr. Amaju Melvin Pinnick, alongside his 2nd Vice President, Shehu Dikko and General Secretary, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi, were on Monday at the Le Meridien Cairo Airport hotel camp of the Super Eagles to ginger the players ahead of Wednesday’s third place match against Tunisia. A last-gasp goal by Riyad […]

Football Sports

AFCON: Gernot Rohr reveals why Super Eagles lost 2-1 to Algeria

Ihesiulo Grace 16 July 2019 0

Nigeria coach Gernot Rohr has revealed why Super Eagles lost 2-1 to Algeria in Sunday’s 2019 Africa Cup of Nations semi-finals game at Cairo International Stadium. Three-time Africa Champions fought back from a goal deficit in the second half to hold Desert Foxes to a 1-1 draw until injury time where Manchester City forward Riyad […]

Africa

Explosions rock Tunisia as suicide bomber blows himself up near the French embassy

Ihesiulo Grace 27 June 2019 0

Two explosions have just been witnessed in Tunisia with several people injured after a suspected suicide bomber blew himself close to the French embassy in the capital city, Tunis. The first attack was targeted at a police car in Charles de Gaulle street in downtown Tunis, witnesses told Reuters. Two police officers and three civilians […]

Business World

Female passengers: Emirates to resume Tunis flights

Ihesiulo Grace 5 January 2018 0

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) said on Thursday it would resume flights to Tunisia after an exchange of security information, resolving a row over a ban on female Tunisian passengers. The UAE angered Tunisia by banning Tunisian women from its passenger flights in December. December 26th 2017, The Tunisia suspended UAE flight to the country, […]

Football News

Eagles: Ahmad questions FIFA Rankings

Ihesiulo Grace 19 October 2017 0

Despite FIFA rankings suggesting that Tunisia is number one in Africa, the Confederation of African Football president Ahmad says Nigeria remain the best in the continent. The CAF boss has aimed a tiny veiled dig at the recently released FIFA rankings which placed the Super Eagles as the fifth best football nation in Africa. In […]

Basketball Extra Sports

AfroBasket: D'Tigers Seeded against Host Tunisia

Ihesiulo Grace 10 April 2015 0

The Nigeria senior male national basketball team, D’Tigers have been pitted against former champions and host Tunisia in Group A at the draws of the 2015 FIBA Africa Basketball Championship which took place at the Carthage Acropolium in Tunis on Saturday. The D’Tigers who are now the 6th ranked team in Africa (40th on the […]

Football Sports

CAF: Tunisia to Compete in AFCON after Apology

Ihesiulo Grace 1 April 2015 0

Tunisia will be allowed to compete for a place at the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations after they issued an apology to the Confederation of African Football (CAF) following accusations of bias. The Tunisian Football Federation (FTF) levelled the allegations against CAF following their controversial 2-1 defeat to Equatorial Guinea in the AFCON quarter-finals on […]